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{{flavour|Sings a powerfully haunting song; in addition to making nearby victims unwilling to move away from the singer, it calls forth drowned souls from any nearby bodies of deep water.}}
 
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'''Avatar Song''' [[mesmerise]]s the player, preventing them from intentionally moving away from the caster. It also prevents the player from going [[berserk]]. While the song continues, [[drowned soul]]s are continuously summoned from nearby patches of deep water, and the caster may attempt to lure the player towards them one space at a time. This will never pull the player into deadly terrain like [[deep water]], but it can pull them out of cover.
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'''Avatar Song''' is a monster-only spell that attempts to [[mesmerise]] the player. Mesmerise prevents the player from intentionally moving away from the singer, and prevents [[berserk]]. In addition, Avatar Song gradually pulls the target towards the caster, and creates [[drowned soul]]s that inflict [[drowning]] damage. The mesmerise effect can be blocked by [[willpower]], but requires no line of fire.
  
A player with [[clarity]] cannot be affected by this spell, and its effects can be resisted with magic resistance. Once a player has been mesmerised, they can break out of it by breaking [[LOS]] with the caster ([[scroll of fog]], uncontrolled [[blink]], or [[teleport]]), by [[Silence|silencing]] either the player or the caster, or by killing or otherwise incapacitating the caster ([[confusion|confusing]], [[Petrify|petrifying]], [[fear|terrifying]], etc. all work; do note that merfolk avatars have enough magic resistance to make hexing them very difficult).
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If you are immune to mesmerise (e.g. via [[clarity]]) or beat mesmerise through willpower, Avatar Song will still create drowned souls. Disabling the caster (e.g. with [[confusion]]) ends the effect entirely.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:46, 19 October 2023

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Sings a powerfully haunting song; in addition to making nearby victims unwilling to move away from the singer, it calls forth drowned souls from any nearby bodies of deep water.

Avatar Song is a monster-only spell that attempts to mesmerise the player. Mesmerise prevents the player from intentionally moving away from the singer, and prevents berserk. In addition, Avatar Song gradually pulls the target towards the caster, and creates drowned souls that inflict drowning damage. The mesmerise effect can be blocked by willpower, but requires no line of fire.

If you are immune to mesmerise (e.g. via clarity) or beat mesmerise through willpower, Avatar Song will still create drowned souls. Disabling the caster (e.g. with confusion) ends the effect entirely.

The following enemies cast Avatar Song:

History

Prior to 0.20, you could break out of the spell by making a sufficiently loud noise (such as from a scroll of noise).